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Justice Suleiman Na-mallam of the Kano State High Court on Tuesday Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to pay N400,000 each to the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, and his company, Penlight Media Limited, for expenses incurred in a court case the governor filed over a controversial bribery video involving the governor. Ganduje had been caught on…
Abductors of pupils of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State have said the have 121 of them in their custody. The President of Kaduna Baptist Conference and Proprietor of the school, Rev. Yahaya Adamu Jangado, revealed this while speaking with newsmen in kaduna on Tuesday after a meeting of the management and parents of…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has condoled the families of two Nigerian Army and Navy personnel who paid the supreme price on Monday, while defending students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna. The two personnel, Private Salisu Rabiu and Ordinary Seaman Bilal Mohammed lost their lives while engaging the bandits who attacked…
By Abbas Yahaya Greek playwright Aeschylus coined the term philanthropy in the 5th century BCE. It meant “love of humanity.” Today, philanthropy means generosity in all its forms and is often defined as giving gifts of “time, talent and treasure” to help make life better for other people. In the past couple of years, the…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced Shehu Tenimu Mohammed, an ND II student of the Department of Public Administration, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja to 8 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms, unlawful association. Delivering his Judgement, the trial judge, Justice Tenimu Mohammed convicted the suspects on the three-count charge having pleaded guilty…
Emeka Emekesiri, self-acclaimed founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the arrest and re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB. Last Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), said the IPOB leader was “intercepted” on June 20 “through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and security services”. Malami did not state…
Lokoja Consultative Forum (LCF),on Monday in Lokoja,said it was in full support of power shift to Kogi West with particular emphasis on Lokoja,in the 2023 Governorship election. Secretary -General of LCF, Dr Ahmed Isah Aliyu,stated this in an interview with Newsmen in Lokoja the state capital. Aliyu said the people of Lokoja are in support…
By Ibrahim Hamman Degri It is with great sense of responsibility and duty as a concerned citizen with passion for the progress and development of our Local Governments and the sorrowful state of our rural communities that I refer to the above subject matter authored by Abdulrahman Yunusa form Auchi, Edo state. The write up…
Members of the Kwara state house of assembly say Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, did not fund the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigns during the 2019 elections in the state. Mohammed had, on Saturday, said he raised a major part of the funds for the state’s 2019 elections, which the APC won by a landslide. “I…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the defection of Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an “unpardonable betrayal”. Matawalle defected from the PDP to the APC on Tuesday. Speaking on his defection, the governor of Zamfara had said: “I believe with this coming together, I’m going to work hard with my…
